Tourist dives face first into a deadly jellyfish

A man sailing off Australia dived straight into a tiny, but deadly, jellyfish with a sting as painful as childbirth

East Germany's little green man conquers the West

The Ampelmännchen pedestrian crossing signal's creator dies seeing his popular symbol capture hearts across the old divide

Japanese PM's £1.2m pocket money from mother

Yukio Hatoyama is being called upon to explain a vast allowance that he and his brother have been receiving since 2002

Death sentence for former British soldier upheld

Joshua French and his friend, Tjostolv Moland, a former Norwegian soldier, deny murdering their Congolese driver in May

Obama warned of threat from within Pakistan

Former rival John Kerry says what happens in tribal areas will do more to affect outcome of conflict than Afghanistan troop surge

The scene is set for Stalin’s rehabilitation

The Kremlin has been quietly laying down the groundwork for Stalin’s return to Russian life

Nato offers extra 5,000 troops for Afghan surge

Figure includes 1,500 troops sent as reinforcements to help to run the Afghan elections who would be staying on

'Woods's wife should have used driver'

"We probably thought he was a better guy than he is," says Swedish golfer who acted as matchmaker for the world No1

Asian carp threatens to cost US economy billions

100lb beasts have escaped the Mississippi and reached the Great Lakes, where an ecological — and economic — disaster is feared

Chinese police smash crystal meth gang

Gang busted, with police making 85 arrests and destroying 44 tonnes of raw materials, in China's largest drug raid

Government ministers die in Mogadishu attack

Health and Education ministers killed in bomb attack on university graduation ceremony in Somali capital

More than 1,200 shopping websites shut down

Biggest operation of its kind in Britain targets fraudsters claiming to sell heavily discounted designer goods

Knox: don't give make me wear 'killer's mask'

American student pleaded innocence in an emotional final appeal denying the murder of British student Meredith Kercher

India aims to cut 'carbon intensity' by 25%

Delhi follows China's lead on climate change and shifts its negotiating position in the run-up to the Copenhagen summit

Switch in fashion may be too late for Knox

The T-shirts and jeans have given way to a more restrained dress code for student accused of murdering Meredith Kercher

Conservatives hail cadet who read 'Kill Bin Laden'

Young soldier is pictured with the book before Obama speech and becomes darling of the American Right

Most wanted suspect 'tried to eat SIM card'

Adam Hart, wanted for questioning over conspiracy to supply cocaine, was stopped by officers in Amsterdam